A 50-year-old man was in critical condition and doctors did not expect him to survive his injuries from an assault in the San Diego river bottom in Santee, authorities said Monday.
The man was found unresponsive and suffering from severe trauma to his upper body by deputies called to the river bottom Sunday afternoon near Chubb Lane and North Magnolia Avenue, San Diego Sheriff‘s Lt. Kenneth Nelson said
The victim was believed to be a resident of a nearby homeless encampment, Nelson said. Paramedics worked to save the victim at the scene and took him to a hospital for treatment.
Anyone with information about the assault was asked to call homicide detectives at (858) 974-2321 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
— City News Service
